Comment 5 for bug 2047676

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sem (semitones) wrote : Re: [Bug 2047676] Re: Calamares whole-window graphics glitch

My graphics card is too old to have proprietary drivers in the repo (not
compatible with the kernel in 24.04 so not in the repos), but I solved the
issue by buying a newer graphics card.

On Mon, Apr 15, 2024, 18:06 ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі <email address hidden>
wrote:

> I bet you running in safe graphics mode solves the problem. Then make
> sure to install proprietary drivers and this should be a non-issue.
>
> ** Changed in: calamares (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
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> Title:
> Calamares whole-window graphics glitch
>
> Status in calamares package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> In calamares on the 22.04.3 liveISO, the screen goes black and the
> graphics glitch out when you move the mouse. This happens once you've
> checked that everything is ok, and press install. Before this, during
> the initial setup, I noticed minor pixel graphics noise similar to
> what I got in firefox, but it was still usable.
>
> On Lubuntu 20.04 I have no graphics issues. I use nvidia-340 with a
> GT215 (GeForce GT 240). I am not sure which graphics driver was in use
> in the liveISO, but I also noticed graphics pixel noise in Firefox. I
> was not able to use the additional-drivers application on the LiveISO
> to specifiy the correct driver - it could find no additional drivers.
> However I was told on #lubuntu that this is expected behavior for the
> LiveISO.
>
> Let me know if there is anything you'd like me to do to further test
> this (or maybe the graphics card is too old to bother ;)
>
> Hardware Info:
> https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=730493cca3
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